No fast payment gateway failover for Chrome extensions
Developers building Chrome extensions face a critical gap: when a payment gateway fails or freezes, switching to a backup requires a code update that takes 4-7 days to clear the Web Store review queue, directly costing subscriber revenue. There is no architecture pattern or third-party abstraction layer that decouples the payment provider from the extension without a full redeploy.
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